Short-term strategies outperform in January, says Newedge

The Newedge Short-Term Traders Index (STTI) returned 2.43 per cent in January.

This marks the tenth time in 13 months that the STTI has delivered a positive monthly return.
 
Conversely, trend-following strategies continued to face a challenging opportunity set with all ten constituents of the Newedge Trend Index down in January.